With roots in Europe and a lifelong interest in the Indian Subcontinent, I have lived in the United States for 24 years. My short fiction and poetry have been published in literary magazines. Wrote many articles, interviews, and editorials for a bilingual (English-Dutch) publication, which I edited for six years. Native fluency in English, Dutch, French; can also translate from German, Italian, Hindi. I really enjoy making good writing even better, as well as "cleaning up" just about any text. Having lived and traveled in Europe, India, and the US, I am well placed to advise on idiom, local customs, and other cultural phenomena. If your fiction manuscript uses foreign locales and/or characters, I can help make them (more) realistic. I have taught French at various levels in the USA, and worked on supplementary educational materials for world languages (esp. French), Social Studies, and Language Arts (English).